Frozen vs The Snow Queen

Movie vs. Short Story (Pt.1)
Movie adaptation vs. J.C. Anderson's Short Story

You have probably seen (at least heard of) Frozen the know Disney movie. If you haven't go watch it! It is amazingly fantabilous! So, to my point, you might have not known that it was based on Anderson's short story Snow Queen. I read it before I saw the movie so I could compare the twist Disney put on it. I know it is only influenced by this story, but they still had some similarities.

Frozen: This film is about a fearless girl who goes on journey to find her sister, who has trapped the kingdom in everlasting winter with her icy powers. She is accompanied by a mountain man, his pet reindeer and a hapless and helpless snowman who is quite a character.

Snow Queen: (1845) This story is about a girl who is seeking her lost friend. Turns out someone has made an evil mirror showing everything in a bad way. It shattered and pieces flew everywhere on earth and this little girls friend got a piece in his eye and heart turning them bad. Her quest is made harder when she realises he is with the Snow Queen in a foreign place. On the way she encounters crows, a prince, princess and some robbers.

Overall I really liked both of these stories. They both had a girl on a quest in the cold for a loved one. Disney made more of a humoreus job, both then again had the serious note. Frozen has multiple parts which are actually like in Anderson's story, but the twists are what made me fall for Frozen. I adore fairytale retellings as other books and also movie versions on them. The best ones, amongst Frozen, are ones that have only slightly reminders of the original. For example some Cinderella movies can be often too similar to each other, which  frustrates me, just abit, at times. I find it that the creators need to be extra creative with them to make them standout. Which Frozen definetly did, I'm glad to say.

To say which was better, in my opinion, I can't say. They are not that similar to compare in "betterness". Also by the other one being a movie and the other a written story it makes it even harder. To say which I enjoyed more, that'd need to be Frozen. I LoVeD it so much! I laughed (and still do when reminded), and the snowman simply made my day!

Love,

Sally

Top 5 Wednesday

April 16th
Siblings

This one I was quite exited for! I find sibling relations in books to be really lovely since usually the best friend can become the loved one, if you're getting my point... Currently I haven't been reading of any character with siblings and most of the time the siblings don't grow during the books but have only been the annoying little sister/brother. Anyway it is I will now list my favourite ones, and my favourite bonding of siblings.

1. The Weasley children (from Harry Potter)
-My favourite fictional family no doubt! They fool around and tease each other but they also look out for each other.

2. Cath and Wren (from Fangirl)
- Their relationship is unique. They are twins so the book gives light on a lot of positive things but also the not-so-great perks. They have had their lives doing pretty much everything together but now college is at their door and when Wren is leaping to socialise and meet new people Cath would rather stay locked in a room writing FanFixx.On her side the dauntiong journey of college begins.

3. Will and Jem (from the Infernal Devices)
- I know they are not siblings, but they were brought up together and they act like brothers so I'll make this one count. As the Weasley children do Will and Jem drive each other nuts but are still very protective of each other! I love the bits with only them two (sorry Tessa) and seeing how they conquer whatever they want together.

4. Katniss and Prim (from the Hunger Games)
-I am sure you all know how Katniss replaces herself with a chance of getting killed instead of her sister, and so on. Their bonding in these books are tremendously protective, on Katnissess point of view, and love and setting Katniss as a rolemodel, on Prim's view.

5. Meghan and Ethan (from the Iron King)
-The book starts of with Meghans brother (Ethan) dissapearing (leaving behind a fake). During the book Meghan goes of to find him and it all becomes a dangerous quest in a new world. I loved it how she felt the need to constantly be moving towards getting Ethan back safely. She goes through a lot of trouble to find him and... I don't want to spoil anything so go read it!

Love,

Sally

Read This Month

A bit late, but here they are:

January
1. Allegiant
2. Alphas 1-4
6. Hugo
7. Survive
8. Ruby Red
9. Across the Universe
10. Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
11. Romeo and Juliet (CftM)

February

1. Boy Nobody

2. The Selection

3. The Elite

4. Pride and Prejudice (CftM)

5. Matched

6. Crossed

7. A Million Suns

8. The Iron King

March

1. Alice in Wonderland (CftM 1.)

2. Through the Looking Glass (CftM 2.)

3. Daughter of Smoke and Bone

4. Etiquette and Espionage

5. Sapphire Blue

6. This is what happy looks like

Love,

Sally

CftM--> Classic for the Month

Book Challenge

1. Reading goal for the year
> I'm actually not sure. I'm trying for over 80ish.

2. Newest book
> Probably Fathomless by Jackson Pearce

3. Childhood favourite/First book I ever loved
> Harry Potter and any Roald Dahl books

4. Favourite non- human character
> Sophorina's animal robot from Etiquette and Espionage

5. Emotional rollercoaster
> The Fault in Our Stars

6. This book inspired me
> Honestly I'll need to go with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It tought me quite a bit.

7. A quote to live by
> "Accept who you are, unless you're a serial killer" -Ellen DeGeneres

8. Biggest plot twist
> Allegiant by Veronica Roth

9. Humerous read
> The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

10. Love/Hate relationship
> The Selection by Kiera Cass

11. Unique read
> The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

Dear,

Sally

Top 5 Wednesday

Quotes

If you don' t already know: I LoVe quotes. Do tell if you want me to tell my other favourites, since for this I picked some book related (or author).

1. "Accept who you are, unless you're a serial killer"
-Ellen DeGeneres

2. Dum Spiro Spero
-Latin for "While I breathe, I hope" (not from a book but I wanted to add this)

3. Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened
-Roald Dahl

4. Okay. Okay
- You'll understand if you've read The Fault in Our Stars

5. I'm studying the statistical probability of love at first sight
- from The Statistical... (wow, I've always been writing the whole title, I think from now I'll shorten it to something)

Love,

Sally

Get To Know Me

:)

You can always put comments or mail me but now you can also just ananomously leave a comment and a number. These numbers would represent these questions:
Also you can freely ask anything else and I'll try my best to answer :)

1. Ideas of a perfect date
2. Random fact
3. Age
4. Realtionship status
5. A fear
6. A wish
7. Favourite memory
8. Favourite movie/series
9. Top 5 (insert subject)
10. Favourite ice cream flavour
11. Favourite time of day
12. Biggest turn on
13. Biggest turn off
14. Favourite dream
15.Worst dream
16. Top places I want to go
17. Anything you want to ask

Love,

Sally

Top 5 Wednesday

Genres

1. Fiction
2. Romance
3. Action
4. Fantasy
5. SciFi/ Dystopian

These were my pics for this wednesday, I had a hard time putting them into order but here they are :)

Love,

Sally